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'A bittersweet day:' attendance up as annual Parksville Beach Festival ends
PARKSVILLE - A slight increase in visitors year-over-year has organizers of the Parksville Beach Festival optimistic about what's next. Volunteers representing a number of local community groups counted 119,480 visitors through the gates of this year's sand sculpting exhibition, a central part of the festival, a margin...
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guilty pleas
Couple busted for commercial clam harvesting in contaminated Gabriola Island bay
NANAIMO - A tip to Fisheries and Oceans Canada may have prevented widespread illnesses. Travis Wade Seward and Joanna Samantha Harris each pleaded guilty to a pair of fisheries offences related to illegally collecting a large haul of clams from Gabriola Island's Degnen Bay on Feb. 3, 2024. Closed since 1993 due to risk...
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Early morning crash
Arrest made after fatal Nanaimo collision
NANAIMO - One man has died, while police have a person in custody after an early morning crash. Emergency services were called to Cavan St., near Albert St. around 1:50 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle. Police say the victim did not survive. Investigators were able to identify and arrest...
Aug 16, 2026
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'A bittersweet day:' attendance up as annual Parksville Beach Festival ends
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Couple busted for commercial clam harvesting in contaminated Gabriola Island bay
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Nanaimo, Parksville and Area
increased enforcment
'Blight on the downtown area:' Nanaimo RCMP visible at Diana Krall Plaza
NANAIMO - Local Mounties made multiple arrests following a two-day enforcement blitz downtown.From July 29-30, the Nanaimo RCMP Bike Unit, along with their Specialized Enforcement Team (SITE), patrolled and surveilled the area around Diana Krall Plaza on Commercial St, arresting ten people and seizing a number of drugs...
Aug 16, 2026
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Kay Wears the 'C'
Clippers name veteran forward new team captain
NANAIMO - The Clippers have announced Miller Kay will be their captain for the 2026-27 season. The 20-year-old joined the club in late January and finished the season with 11 points in 23 games. He was also a big part of the Clippers' playoff success with 13 points in 21 appearances, including a crucial overtime goal i...
Aug 16, 2026
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fiery charge
Electric charging fire destroys car in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Vacationers from Portland, Oregon were strolling through Woodgrove Centre when an ominous message from mall's intercom system was made about a Nissan Leaf. In the back of Reid Kells' mind, he suspected his car could be in trouble. It was being charged in the parking lot near the Sport Chek department store on...
Aug 15, 2026
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light show
Annual Parksville fireworks display wraps up beach festival
PARKSVILLE - A dazzling light display will cap off the popular Parksville Beach Festival event. The Quality Foods Festival of Lights involves fireworks launched from a barge placed in Parksville Bay on the evening of Saturday, Aug. 15. at around dusk (9:30 to 9:45 p.m.) Saturday night's fireworks display at Community P...
Aug 15, 2026
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Serious injury
Police investigate Nanaimo stabbing
NANAIMO - A Thursday night stabbing in Nanaimo's downtown sent one man to hospital with a serious injury.Emergency crews were called to 55 Victoria Rd. on Thursday, Aug 13 at about 9:20 p.m. to reports of a stabbing.Nanaimo RCMP operations officer Insp. Donovan Tait told NanaimoNewsNOW no arrests have been made as the ...
Aug 14, 2026
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full-speed ahead
Kids & 'kids at heart' ready for annual Nanaimo soapbox derby
NANAIMO - Final preparations are being put on dozens of entries ahead of this year's Hub City Soapbox Derby. The annual race will take place down Wall St. in Nanaimo, beginning around 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, and see nearly 40 kids and several other "kids at heart" compete in two divisions, all in suppor...
Aug 14, 2026
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British Columbia
B.C.'s provincial health officer to hold news conference amid wildfire smoke warnings
VANCOUVER - B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is set to hold a news conference today as much of the southern half of the province remains blanketed in wildfire smoke. The news conference will also include Emergency Management Minister Kel...
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Take a bough: Climbing takes relationship with B.C.'s trees to the next level
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - Fifty metres up a grand fir tree, and the rigidities of the world at ground level fall away. There are the branches, needles, the smell of freshness and a profound stillness. Look up, and tiny flakes of bark patter gent...
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B.C. couple awarded damages against neighbour after 2022 shooting
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Supreme Court has awarded more than $1 million in damages in a shooting that left a man with lifelong injuries and his wife traumatized after witnessing the violent confrontation. Anthony and Wendy Nelson of Sooke, B.C....
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No charges recommended against officers in two death cases, police watchdog says
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog says it won't be recommending charges against officers involved in two situations where people died. The first case involved a man who was arrested in an alleged home invasion who was taken to Smithers RCMP c...
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Police in Fort St. John, B.C., call third shooting in three weeks 'unacceptable'
FORT ST. JOHN - Police in Fort St. John, B.C., say three people were shot and hospitalized in the latest in a string of recent shootings in the city. Mounties say in a release that the shooting on Friday was inside a home on 107A Avenue and the three ...
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Some evacuees return to Summerland as crews hold wildfire on three sides
SUMMERLAND - Crews fighting a large wildfire near Summerland, B.C., are successfully holding the blaze on three sides, while battling challenging conditions on its western flank. An update from BC Wildfire Service says the northwestern portion of the f...
Aug 17, 2026
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Local Sports
Provincial Bronze
Senior Women Timbermen cap off best season to date with two tournaments
NANAIMO - Box lacrosse season has come to an end in the Harbour City, and the most successful team on the floor was the Senior Women Timbermen.They finished third at their provincial tournament, which, according to team spokesperson and player Sarah Ferguson, was their best ever performance."Last year we lost all ...
Aug 13, 2026
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Canada's Best
Top U16 and U18 Nanaimo Track and Field Club Athletes compete at national championship
NANAIMO - A total of nine Nanaimo Track and Field Club athletes are competing at the Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships in Regina. Tessa Bell, Ember Vaitekunas, Evelyn Argyle-Anderson and Henry Trumpy made Team BC while Will Cram, Finn English, Rowan Clarke, Finn Olsen and Lila Jeffries entered as open...
Aug 09, 2026
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Post Season Bound
NightOwls face Bellingham Bells in first ever playoff appearance
NANAIMO - It came down to the last game of the 2026 West Coast League baseball season for the NightOwls to clinch a post season berth. The team finished with a 30-24 record, on the back of a 15-8 win over Kamloops on Wednesday, Aug.4, with their final record good for fourth in the North Division. Coach Cody Andreychuk ...
Aug 07, 2026
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Kay Wears the 'C'
Clippers name veteran forward new team captain
NANAIMO - The Clippers have announced Miller Kay will be their captain for the 2026-27 season. The 20-year-old joined the club in late January and finished the season with 11 points in 23 games. He was also a big part of the Clippers' playoff success with 13 points in 21 appearances, including a crucial overtime goal i...
Aug 16, 2026
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gameday experience
'A big step up:' Nanaimo Clippers adding video wall to Frank Crane Arena
NANAIMO - Clipper fans will get a new, high-definition look at their team this season while sitting in the stands at Frank Crane Arena. The BC Hockey League team has entered into a four-year agreement with Chris Jaycox Productions to install and operate a 20' by 10' LED video wall in their home rink, being installed th...
Aug 13, 2026
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Clippers 2026-27 BCHL schedule released
NANAIMO - Next season's full BCHL schedule has been released, with the puck dropping on the Nanaimo Clippers regular season on Friday Sept. 18 at Frank Crane Arena against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.The Clippers will have 26 home dates, 26 away games, and two yet-to-be-announced contests at the BCHL Showcase.Fridays w...
Jul 08, 2026
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Canada
In the news today: Tariff deadline looms, B.C. wildfires, Tumbler Ridge demolition
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Deadline looms as Trump's 50 per cent tariffs set to take effect There are less than 24 hours left until U.S. President Donald Trump's high-stakes tariff deadline....
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B.C.'s provincial health officer to hold news conference amid wildfire smoke warnings
VANCOUVER - B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is set to hold a news conference today as much of the southern half of the province remains blanketed in wildfire smoke. The news conference will also include Emergency Management Minister Kel...
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Palestinian envoy says Canada 'pivotal' in Mideast peace, urges more action
OTTAWA - The new Palestinian ambassador to Ottawa says Canada's recognition of the State of Palestine has been "pivotal" for her people and for upholding international law, but she says Canada must do more to end Israel's occupation. "My message to Can...
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Take a bough: Climbing takes relationship with B.C.'s trees to the next level
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - Fifty metres up a grand fir tree, and the rigidities of the world at ground level fall away. There are the branches, needles, the smell of freshness and a profound stillness. Look up, and tiny flakes of bark patter gent...
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Deadline looms as Trump's 50 per cent tariffs set to take effect
OTTAWA - There are less than 24 hours left until U.S. President Donald Trump's high-stakes tariff deadline. Trump signed an executive order to impose 50 per cent tariffs on Aug. 19 that would apply to a variety of goods from cement to hockey sticks. T...
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Demolition underway at Tumbler Ridge school, site of B.C. mass shooting
TUMBLER RIDGE - Demolition is underway at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in northern British Columbia, the site of a deadly mass shooting earlier this year. Photos posted to social media show excavators clawing at the building, tearing down the outsid...
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World
Student kills schoolmate and himself in livestreamed Philippine school attack, official says
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday in an attack in a southern Philippine high school campus that he livestreamed using a body-worn camera, police and other...
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Zambia President Hichilema has been reelected for a second term
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has been reelected for a second five-year term, the Electoral Commission of Zambia announced early Tuesday. He was declared the outright winner of last Thursday's presidential ele...
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Trump administration pauses contentious border construction in Texas' Big Bend National Park
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building the wall visits Texas to do an "on-the...
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Made here. Grown here. Connected here. Island Good launches new website to make shopping Island products easier Every choice to shop Island-made is a win for Vancouver Island communities and now it's easier than ever. Island Good has launched a newly redesigned website that helps Vancouver Islanders and visitors quickl...
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